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LPN Fundamentals Questions Questions
Question 1 of 5
The endocrine pancreas is responsible for the regulation of
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The endocrine pancreas regulates sugar e.g., insulin lowers glucose unlike sodium/potassium (adrenals), calcium (parathyroid). Nurses assess e.g., BS for function, per endocrine.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse researcher is examining the cause-and-effect relationship between the consumption of tap water containing minimal amounts of bleach, and the incidence of cancer in rats. The research is taking place in a laboratory setting. What type of quantitative research is being used based upon this description?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Experimental research, used here, tests cause-and-effect under controlled conditions, typically in labs. The nurse manipulates tap water with bleach (independent variable) to measure cancer incidence in rats (dependent variable), controlling factors like diet to isolate effects. Descriptive research observes phenomena like disease prevalence without manipulation. Correlational research examines variable relationships, like smoking and cancer rates, without causation. Quasi-experimental research tests cause-effect but lacks full control, often outside labs. Experimental design's rigor randomization, controls yields causal insights, like bleach's oncogenicity, advancing nursing's scientific base. This method's precision suits lab settings, offering clear, replicable evidence for health impacts, critical for informing practice or policy.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse provides interventions for clients in a long-term care facility to help them meet their intellectual needs. Which nursing actions promote these needs?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Intellectual needs in long-term care involve cognition and learning, shaping health responses. Educating a diabetic client on foot care meets this, enhancing understanding of self-management e.g., preventing ulcers tied to past experiences and education level. Showing a video on modified activities engages residents, teaching adaptive skills like chair exercises, boosting cognitive engagement. Shutting a cafeteria addresses safety, not intellect. Referring for grief targets emotional needs, not cognitive. These actions foot care, video stimulate thinking and problem-solving, key for older adults' autonomy and health behaviors, aligning with nursing's holistic aim to nurture intellectual vitality alongside physical care in chronic settings.
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is planning care for several clients who have chronic conditions and live in a rural area. Which client would benefit most from tertiary prevention strategies?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Tertiary prevention optimizes chronic illness outcomes, vital in rural areas with care gaps. The COPD client in pulmonary rehab benefits most rehab post-diagnosis boosts lung capacity and endurance via tailored exercises, cutting exacerbations, a nursing-led strategy. The hypertensive client needs primary or secondary focus med adherence or screening not tertiary yet. The diabetic's foot checks are tertiary but self-managed, less intensive. The arthritis client's exercise class is tertiary too, but rehab's structured, multi-faceted approach (breathing techniques, education) outshines general exercise for impact studies show it slashes hospital stays. Nursing's role here maximizes function despite isolation, ensuring this client thrives, aligning with tertiary care's depth for complex chronicity.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse suctioning a client through an endotracheal tube monitors the client for complications associated with the procedure. Which of the following assessments indicates a complication?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: An irregular heart rate (B) during suctioning signals a complication, possibly arrhythmia from hypoxia or vagal stimulation. Other options are normal or benign. Rationale: Suctioning can disrupt oxygenation, triggering cardiac instability, requiring immediate cessation and monitoring.